# Babo Airport (BXB / WASO)

**Babo Airport** (IATA: BXB, ICAO: WASO) is a medium airport in Babo, Papua Barat (West Papua), Indonesia. It has one runway, 1,305 m (4,280 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Kementerian Perhubungan.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/waso

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BXB / WASO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kementerian Perhubungan
- Serves: Babo, Papua Barat (West Papua), Indonesia
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -2.5322, 133.4390
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,305 m / 4,280 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Jayapura
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babo_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901327
- Ident: WASO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,305 m / 4,280 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 023° / 203° |  |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [MKW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wasr.md) Rendani Airport · Indonesia · 195 km / 121 mi · Susi Air
- [SOQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wass.md) Domine Eduard Osok Airport · Indonesia · 301 km / 187 mi · Wings Air

### Charter (2)

- [SOQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wass.md) Domine Eduard Osok Airport · Indonesia · 301 km / 187 mi · Travira Air
- [BIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wabb.md) Frans Kaisiepo Airport · Indonesia · 332 km / 206 mi · Travira Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BXB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- TR [Travira Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/travira-air) · 2 · charter
- SI [Susi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/susi-air) · 1
- IW [Wings Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wings-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,305 m / 4,280 ft | =8,642 of 29,858 | #1,498 in Asia | #121 in ID |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =3,082 in Asia | =568 in ID |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =9 in ID |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INFO | INFO | 681.120 |

## Nearby airports

- [NTI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wasb.md) Stenkol Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [ID-0053](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0053.md) Fruata Airstrip · 51 km / 32 mi
- [WASJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0056.md) Gusimawa Airstrip · 75 km / 46 mi
- [WRRP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wrrp.md) Mayado Airstrip · 76 km / 47 mi
- [RDE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wasm.md) Merdey Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [WSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wasw.md) Wasior Airport · 120 km / 75 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Babo Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Babo_Airport&oldid=1363015510), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/waso/data